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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Tettnang is a town of 20,000 people (2020) in the Lake Constance (Bodensee) region of Baden-Württemberg about 10 km from Friedrichshafen. The region produces a special variety of hops, an ingredient of beer, and ships it to breweries throughout the world.
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Neues Schloss
One of the three castles of Tettnang.
Altes Schloss
The building from 1667 is now used as town hall.
Torschloss
The museum shows the history of Tettnang.
Hopfen Museum
The museum is built in three historic houses around a modern fully functional oast. The museum shows the development of hop growing and the history of beer brewing.
A 4-km (or about 8-km round trip) hiking or cycling trail with information signs along the way about hops. Start- and endpoints are the Kronen-Brauerei (in the town centre) and Hop Museum. See online map.
A 42-km round trip cycling tour through Tettnang and its region (including Friedrichshafen and parts along Lake Constance). The route has a total ascent of about 160 m. There's a sign (black bicycle on green arrow) along the way. See online map.
An old brewery inn in the middle of Tettnang. The hotel offers rooms like the Brewers Room or the Hops Room, all rooms have shower, WC and TV starting €70. They also have a restaurant which offers Swabian dishes. They also brew their own beer in the small brewery called Tettnager Kronen-Brauerei.
By car
10 km (6 miles) north-east of Friedrichshafen, 10 km south of Ravensburg.
Public transport is organised by Bodensee-Oberschwaben Verkehrsverbund (also called bodo).
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